Cook County commissioners approved roughly $48 million in legal settlements Thursday, including $7.45 million each to two men who won a record jury verdict after wrongfully spending 16 years ...

Some Cook County Board members are requesting closer scrutiny of the mosquito districts following an investigation by the county’s inspector general that resulted in calls for members of the ...

Cook County Board of Review Commissioner Samantha Steele was arrested for driving while intoxicated last fall. The case is still pending, but Steele hopes to distance herself from the incident and ...

The “I Speak” Card initiative was spearheaded by 13th District Commissioner Josina Morita and was announced as part of Cook County’s “Language Access Month,” which is being recognized ...

With some residents facing record-high increases to their property taxes, Cook County commissioners on Thursday approved giving one-time payments of $1,000 to a limited number of households ...

a prominent Black lawyers’ group condemned Glennon-Goodman’s circulation of the meme, without mentioning her by name. In a statement Wednesday, the Cook County Bar Association said ...

A Cook County judge was reassigned, ordered to undergo bias training and will face a state disciplinary investigation for allegedly circulating a racist meme. The judge, Caroline Glennon-Goodman ...

Illinois and Cook County's minimum wage will soon go up once again. Beginning in 2025, the state and county's minimum wage will officially increase to $15 an hour for non-tipped employees.

Cook County Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans’s full statement can be read at the bottom of this article. COOK COUNTY, Ill. (WGN) — A Cook County judge is not currently hearing domestic violence ...

Personal injury attorney Larry Rogers Jr. has served for 20 years on the Cook County Board of Review, which gives taxpayers an opportunity to appeal their property assessments. Under Rogers ...

Yet an alarming number of applicants are given permits despite the Cook County sheriff’s objections. stock.adobe.com Share A safeguard built into Illinois’ 2013 law permitting the concealed ...